Grocery Shopping on a Sunday Morning

I love grocery shopping. I really do. Sure, sometimes it seems like a chore. But I mostly enjoy the process. In Chicago, I have a great pick of places to shop, including Trader Joe’s and Plum Market. I don’t go to either place every week (Mariano’s and Whole Foods are in my rotation too). But when I do, I always find something new.

Here’s a look at my weekend stop at Trader Joe’s. I started off picking up riced cauliflower. You know the cauliflower trend has hit it big when you can find ready-made riced cauliflower that can be used as a substitute for rice and pasta, or turned into pizza crust (which I did later that night.) I bought this fresh version and the frozen below.

You can find lots of conveniently packaged vegetables, like these seasoned brussels sprouts that are already for roasting.

I picked up these rainbow carrots, which we’ve enjoyed raw and roasted with a bit of olive oil, maple syrup and sea salt.

We love pomegranate, and how handy to have the seeds ready to toss into salads or to top vegetables — like this Ottolenghi eggplant dish that I’m dying to make.

I didn’t buy these, but intrigued by Green Plumcots, a cross between a plum and apricot. Has anyone tried these?

I didn’t buy these either, but intrigued by all the freeze dried vegetables that were packaged as snacks.

I ended up buying some plain boneless chicken breasts (conveniently packaged in individual portions), but I thought this spatchcocked lemon rosemary chicken was fun. I’m wanting to do my own spatchcocking very soon!

I like to make my own hummus whenever possible, but this sriracha version was tasty. Anything sriracha is good to me. And who doesn’t love cookie butter? It’s a Trader Joe’s classic. These chocolate bars are filled with cookie butter, which is an incredible concoction make with Speculoos cookies. Ah-ma-zing.